A former paratrooper has described as “psychopaths” some soldiers based alongside him in West Belfast during the Ballymurphy Massacre. Soldier M597, who was a member of A Company, broke down in tears on Monday as he said that “rogue soldiers” were “out of control” and “shot innocent people”. He said he was in the Henry […]
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Former paratrooper breaks down during Ballymurphy inquest
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Clonard Rector prepares to bid farewell to parish “like no other”
“I’M not going to Timbuktu, I’m going 45 miles down the road,” laughs Clonard Rector Fr Noel Kehoe, who is preparing to leave the West Belfast church for the latest chapter of his vocation in the parish of Dundalk. A familiar and popular face to the Clonard faithful – as well as to the tens […]
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Pic of the day, Monday May 13
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Pic of the day, Tuesday May 7
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People on low wage can’t afford rent
A WEST Belfast councillor has claimed “there is an urgent need for a radical overhaul” of housing association rents, as the weekly rent difference between them and the Housing Executive is “creating a massive cost difference for those in employment”. Sinn Féin Councillor Steven Corr spoke of how there is a “real and very serious […]
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Pic of the day, Tuesday April 30
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